Editing South Bend, Indiana (section)

===Employers===
Since the 1960s, education, health care, and small business have come to the forefront of South Bend's economy, though the city has never regained the level of prosperity it enjoyed before that time. Nearby [[University of Notre Dame]] is a large contributor to the local economy. The university is the second largest employer in the city and in St. Joseph County, employing 6,086 people.<ref name="comprehensive">{{cite web |title = 2017 City of South Bend Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url = http://docs.southbendin.gov/WebLink/0/edoc/172215/2017%20City%20of%20South%20Bend%20%20CAFR%20-%20Final.pdf }}</ref>

Health care is another major contributor to the South Bend economy. In 2012, [[Memorial Health System]] announced that it was merging with Elkhart General Hospital, located in Elkhart County, to form Beacon Health System.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nwibq.com/health-care/beacon-new-name-for-elkhart-memorial-group/ |title = Beacon new name for Elkhart, Memorial group |publisher = NWIBQ.com |date = June 19, 2012 |access-date = December 17, 2015 }}</ref> Beacon is the largest employer in the city and in St. Joseph County, employing 7,088 people.<ref name="comprehensive" /> Other notable businesses include [[Honeywell]], Bosch, and [[PEI-Genesis.|PEI Genesis.]] [[AM General]], [[Crowe Horwath]], and [[Tire Rack]] all have corporate headquarters in South Bend.

According to the 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="comprehensive" /> the city's top employers are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|Beacon Health System (Memorial)
|7,088
|-
|2
|[[University of Notre Dame]]
|6,086
|-
|3
|[[South Bend Community School Corporation]]
|3,432
|-
|4
|[[Indiana University South Bend]]
|1,401
|-
|5
|[[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph County]]
|1,377
|-
|6
|City of South Bend
|1,285
|-
|7
|[[Four Winds Casino]]
|1,200
|-
|8
|[[AM General]]
|1,200
|-
|9
|The South Bend Clinic
|854
|-
|10
|[[Press Ganey]]
|850
|}